Whether dancing to Caribbean music at a free festival, dressing up as your favorite superhero or gathering at a giant lure in celebration of the first anniversary Pokemon Go, this last weekend of August is filled with fun things for Central Jersey families to do together.

There also is a reward for parents for doing such a good job entertaining their wee ones throughout the weekend. Enjoy!

Among the highlights of the Caribbean Festival on Aug. 26 in New Brunswick's Boyd Park are performances of a variety of island dance styles.(Photo: ~Courtesy of Scott Mendenko)

Last year, New Brunswick’s inaugural Caribbean fest drew such a great response, vendors ran out of food. From what I understand, event caterer Simply Jerk in Monroe has come prepared for the many expected to work up an appetite after dancing to the fest’s reggae, soca, calypso and other sizzling, spicy island sounds. Artists include ARITA, Jazmine Stewart, Ramya, Universal African Drum & Dance Ensemble, Black Circle Symphony featuring Kendra Granville, Gary Nesta Pine, Ras Osagyefo, Susan Kennedy, Maurice Archibald, Diamond Anderson, Haitian All-Stars, and Danzon. Highlights also will include a Kid’s Zone with a moon castle, face painters, a petting zoo, canvas painting and more.

Once again, Comic Fusion will host a SuperHero Weekend with a parade made up of fans in their favorite superhero costumes at 11 a.m. and then a sale from noon to 5 p.m. of comic book art, other merchandise and raffle tickets for a special drawing. All proceeds will benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates of Somerset, Hunterdon, & Warren Counties (CASA SHaW), a charitable organization that recruits, screens, and trains community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children in foster care.

Pokemon Go is displayed on a cellphone. A gathering in celebration of the app's first anniversary will be Aug. 26 at Middlesex County College in Edison.(Photo: ~Richard Vogel, AP)

Do you still need to catch ’em all? Well, the Geek Index Club at Middlesex County College knows how you feel and has planned a special event to celebrate the anniversary of the popular app that has done for walking what Harry Potter has done for reading. Enjoy gym raids, lures, games and much more!

It will be a day of thrilling rides, family fun, great food and uplifting music featuring MercyMe at 7:30 p.m. in the Northern Star Arena. Join the Star 99.1 family in the Picnic Grove between 2 and 4 p.m. for an all-you-can-eat buffet, including hamburgers, chicken nuggets, beans, salad, soft drinks, dessert and all the fixins’.

The arts center’s Summer Theatre Camp will present this show starring students ages 5 to 18. The Disney stage adaptation was rehearsed for two weeks, during which time the students learned all aspects of putting on a show. Your young ones most likely will appreciate all the hard work that they put in, not to mention that lovable genie.

Week of the People is an annual celebration of Franklin Township youth, mainly through dance. Several dance teams once again will gather, including local favorites Show Stoppaz. But the main highlight will be a Teen Dance Battle for a $100 cash prize. If you think you’ve got the stuff, stop by.

Monarch butterflies will be released Aug. 26 at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick in memory of loved ones. Visitors are encouraged to visit the cemetery's butterfly garden and take home seeds to grow their own.(Photo: ~Courtesy of Elmwood Cemetery)

Elmwood Cemetery’s third annual butterfly release will let loose three dozen Monarch butterflies to honor and remember loved ones. Elmwood hosted the first release in 2015 as a family-friendly way celebrate the memory of family members and friends and to raise awareness about the Monarch butterfly. In addition to releasing butterflies, information about plants that attract butterflies will be available along with seed packets to start wildflower gardens at home. The event is also a celebration of the expansion of the cemetery’s butterfly garden, which is certified as a Monarch way station.

“And Again” is among the works featured in Anne Dushanko Dobek’s “Parallel Migrations XXI,” images of the Monarch butterfly in reference to the global plight of refugees, migrants and immigrants on display through Sept. 23 at Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg.(Photo: ~Courtesy of Printmaking Center of New Jersey)

If your kids really love butterflies, they also might enjoy “Parallel Migrations XXI.” Anne Dushanko Dobek, recent recipient of the Printmaking Center’s biennial Erena Rae Award for Art and Social Justice, uses the image of the Monarch butterfly to reference the global plight of refugees, migrants and immigrants, so kids will learn a little something, while enjoying prints of their favorite fluttery insect.

The 2017 Ganesh Festival will be held through Aug. 29 at Woodbridge Center Mall. A 14-foot statue to Lord Ganesh, a Hindu god of many blessings, will be among the highlights of the fest.(Photo: ~Courtesy of Ganesh Festival)

No state is as culturally diverse as New Jersey and no part of New Jersey is as culturally diverse as Middlesex County. The Ganesh Festival is a great way to turn kids onto the growing and fascinating Indian culture that surrounds them. Lord Ganesh is a very powerful Hindu god who bestows blessings on those surrendered to him. A 14-foot statue will be erected in his honor.

Locals Weekend, noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 26 and noon to 5 p.m. Aug. 27, Old York Cellars, 80 Old York Road, Ringoes. Free admission, free tastings and discounted glasses of wine, wine slushies and bottles for Somerset County residents with ID. www.OldYorkCellars.com

OK, you’ve done your due diligence entertaining the kids until they get back to school, so here’s a grown-up treat for you. Old York Cellars is hosting a Locals Weekend to celebrate its neighbors in Somerset County and is offering county residents free tastings and half-priced glasses of wine and wine slushies. Wine tours and reserve tastings with gourmet cheese and handcrafted chocolates also will be available. And discounted bottles of the winery’s What Exit line labeled with towns specific to Somerset County are available at the Old York store in the Bridgewater Commons and at its website.